Apple Watch Series 10 & Ultra 2 Black: Hands-on (23 Things to Know!)

Here's everything you need to know about the new Apple Watch Series 10, from start to finish!

Today Apple announced Apple Watch Series 10, with a substantial hardware change and upgrade. In fact, so big it’s now got a bigger screen than the Apple Watch Ultra 2 (which didn’t see a new hardware version this year, only a new Titanium finish option). Apple also eschewed updating the Apple Watch SE lineup, leaving the previous 2022 (2nd gen) edition in place. Point is, for the first time in a few years, the Series 10 is the star of the show this year.

The Apple Watch Series 10 is all about increasing…well…everything. From the display, to the brightness on angle, to the display refresh rate in always-on display mode. Except in one area: It’s now the thinnest Apple Watch ever made, coming in at 9.7mm, 10% thinner than the existing Series 9. Here’s everything that’s changed compared to the Series 9:

– Totally new case design (in terms of visual look), and changes to the model sizes being 42mm/46mm
– Biggest usable display area to date in any Apple Watch: 374x446px for the 42mm 416x496px for the 46mm
– Thinnest design to date (9.7mm versus 10.7mm on Series 9)
– New ‘Ionic Glass’ screen design, which tapers further down the edge of the display
– New “Wide Angle OLED’ display, which is 40% brighter when viewed on an angle
– Increase brightness when viewed
– Always-on display mode will now show seconds even when wrist is down (updates at 1-second rate in standby mode, versus 1-minute rate)
– Added ability to have speaker play media/music (previously it wouldn’t, had to connect headphones)
– New faster charging times, 80% charge in 30 mins (fastest Apple Watch to date)
– New S10 sip (chipset) inside the Series 10
– Adds new voice calling automatic background removal with new neural network
– Adds depth gauge (supports depths to 6m/20ft for snorkeling – still maintains 50m waterproofing)
– Adds temperature sensor (supports water temperature for swimming activities)
– Adds new ’Tides’ app to show tidal data globally
– Adds snorkeling support for Series 10 (via 3rd party Oceanic App/partnership)
– Adds sleep apnea detection, monthly reporting with analysis reports
– Adds new sleep metric: breathing disturbances (which feeds into sleep apnea detection)
– Adds new ‘Flux’ watch face
– Adds new ‘Reflections’ watch face
– Adds new metal backplate to watch
– Three color options for base edition: Rose Gold, Silver Aluminum, Jet Black
– Three new polished titanium versions, weigh 20% less than existing stainless steel variants
– Titanium Series 10 is a carbon-neutral product
– Same pricing at $399 (42mm) & $429 (46mm), or $499/$599 for the cellular editions.
– Pricing for titanium is $699 for the 42mm, and $749 for 46mm (but includes cellular)
– Available to order now, shipping on September 20th, 2024

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[peterv]

Did I miss a trend where everyone is starting to snorkel and scuba dive and I'm the only one not doing it? I mean for sure they'd have pickleball tracking before all these water sports no?

[janvandermark]

Best quick release hands on video! Most other folks just repeated what Apple said without any real world application, personal experience, or comparison. Thanks.

[anthonyolivieri]

Not crazy upgrades besides the new training features which is great, but I’ll give credit to apple for not raising the price on the series 10 when everything has gone up in price

[MattSwain]

Given that I got a new Garmin recently I’m not in the market for any of these but I have to say how much better the Ultra 2 looks in black. If I was buying that’s what I’d get, never been a fan of it’s original colour

[iketola]

Ultra pro level delivery and content directly from the event! Well done indeed.

[grodenic]

Thanks so much for showing the smaller one! Everyone else only shows the big size in their videos

[mlegrand]

I like how Ray is holding out for someone really really fantastic to hold his camera for him. Next year Ray! 📸

[Behindstage]

The tidal app is definitely a major selling point.

[UnCannyValley]

Is the new Ultra still missing an O2 sensor?

[toadlguy]

How could you turn down an offer to be filmed by Farouk? He is the master of iPhone videography 😊

[ImGlossy]

Man all good stuff.. but I’m still waiting to hear something about a new Apple TV one of these days.

[The.JZA.]

I was so excited for an Ultra 3 and I was 100% gonna upgrade from my Ultra 1. Guess I'm waiting another year!

[fotoflorian]

You, iphonedo, & mkbhd are the only tech reviewers I still trust

[paulhorn]

Faruk (iPhonedo) is really a nice person, kind, empathic, skilled musician and much more!

[MrAnon-qo]

The pricing structure is ridiculous. The titanium standard Apple Watch is 749 in the UK and the ultra is 800. Why would I buy the standard Apple Watch when I could buy the ultra?

[JustAPersonWhoComments]

I was hoping for a new radical design for the Apple Watch Series 10 for its 10th anniversary, but all we got is just 1mm size increase and a thinner look

[cull]

Great for that “all day 18 hour battery life” 😂

[SasquatchsCousin]

Why go through all the trouble of adding sleep features without longer battery life. That 1mm wasn't what was stopping me from wearing it to bed

[Leweise]

If the seconds are still running, it can’t technically be asleep; that just means the screen has dimmed. We’ll find out when someone tests this, so we can see what the impact on battery life is.

[please-wake-up-now]

I kinda feel bad for the SE lineup being left behind, but the Series 10 sounds like a real game changer! 🕶️ Maybe I’ll finally get that sleep apnea feature to track my embarrassing midnight snack runs! 🍕😂